Chapter 1213 The devil deliberately released water?
The next morning, Hong Linfeng rushed into the headquarters with a smile on his face as if he had eaten honey.
"Captain, the results of the battle have been calculated!"
"Yesterday during the day, the two main battalions that went deep into no-man's land rescued a total of 18,536 civilians, all of whom were young men deliberately detained by the Japanese."
"In addition, the two main battalions also captured 539 puppet soldiers!"
"During the battle, nearly 200 Japanese soldiers and more than 600 puppet troops were eliminated."
"We lost 352 of our own lives and 98 were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness."
"From the perspective of casualty ratio, we lost in this battle. But from the perspective of harvest, this is definitely a great victory!"
Li Hao agreed with a smile: "With three to four hundred casualties in exchange for nearly 20,000 young men, we have indeed made a profit in this battle. And without these young men, the Japanese will definitely build a no-man's land slower than before.
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"Order the first and second battalions to return to the station immediately and replenish troops from their respective recruit companies to ensure that the combat troops are fully equipped."
"As for the vacancies in their recruit company, the political commissar will help them fill them."
"In addition, the special agent company, the independent company, will go out tonight and go deep into no man's land to continue to rescue other young people detained by the Japs and send them back to the base to reunite with their families."
Hong Linfeng said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, there is no problem at all in filling up the vacancies in the recruit company."
"The two main battalions reported that after entering the base area, many young people discovered that their family members had been killed by the Japs during the relocation process, and took the initiative to join our Eighth Route Army to kill the Japs and avenge them."
"Preliminary statistics show that this number should exceed a thousand people."
"This is a good thing!" Li Hao replied, the smile on his face getting wider.
"The reason why the devils detained them in no-man's land and drove their families to our base area was to make their families a burden on our base area, and the garrison could not get any benefit from them, and could not even recruit a single recruit.
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"Now that we have rescued these young men, the devil's plot has come to nothing."
"The nearly 20,000 young men not only make up for the shortage of labor in the base area, but also add thousands of reserve troops to us."
"Political Commissar, as long as these more than a thousand young men who have volunteered to join the army meet the requirements, we will accept them all and organize them into new military camps for training."
"The Japanese and puppet troops killed their relatives and destroyed their homes. As long as they successfully transform this anger into morale and fighting spirit, they will definitely become an elite soldier."
Wang Hong replied with a look of approval: "Okay, I will make arrangements after we get down."
After only half an hour of happiness, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang suddenly broke in and reported solemnly.
"Captain, the reconnaissance company is calling urgently!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops who were confronting us started arresting people again today."
"Not only are more troops dispatched than before, but the scope of arrests is also wider than before."
Hong Linfeng was the first to read the telegram. After finishing it, he handed it to Li Hao and reported: "Captain, judging from the intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance battery: the Japanese seem to be further expanding the depth of the no-man's land!"
A few minutes later, all the locations mentioned in the telegram were marked on the map.
Li Hao frowned and replied: "The Japanese want to extend the depth of the no-man's land by five kilometers. This will make it more difficult for us to cross this no-man's land!"
Hong Linfeng asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Does the little devil plan to use this method to retaliate against us for taking down the Gong Town stronghold and rescuing nearly 20,000 young people?"
"If that's the case, isn't this revenge too light?"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Chief of Staff, don't underestimate this five kilometers of no man's land."
"The further away from the battlefield and deeper into enemy-occupied areas, the higher the density of civilians."
"The ten kilometers of no-man's land that the Japanese have cleared has added more than 100,000 mouths to our base area. If the depth of the no-man's land is extended by another five kilometers, there will definitely be an increase of 70,000 to 80,000 mouths in the base area, and our food shortage will further increase. The pressure is not
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"As for the young people we rescued, for us, the harm will still outweigh the benefits in the short term."
"Although they can make up for the shortage of labor in the base area, they also have to eat more food."
"Whether we let them join the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese or do other things, it will not bring us any benefits for at least half a year."
"I believe the Japanese must have seen this, otherwise yesterday's rescue would not have gone so smoothly."
Hong Linfeng's frown deepened: "Captain, you mean that the Japs deliberately released water last night!"
"This is what I just thought of!" Li Hao nodded and replied.
Hearing this, both the political commissar and the chief of staff showed solemn expressions, not believing this was true.
The troops suffered more than 300 casualties before rescuing the villagers from under the noses of the Japanese. Such a victory was actually said to be a deliberate attempt by the Japanese. As a commander, he would certainly not be able to accept this result.
If Li Hao were not the group leader, Hong Linfeng would have the idea of swearing people.
Seeing the expressions of the two people looking at him becoming more and more serious, Li Hao knew their thoughts very well and quickly explained.
"Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, what I say is not to deny the results of the troops last night or to deny the sacrifice of those soldiers."
"What I mean is: if the little Japs hadn't let loose last night, the casualties of the attacking troops and the responding troops would have more than doubled."
"There are also casualties among the villagers. At least half will fall on the transfer road and cannot enter our base area."
Seeing that the two people looked much better, Li Hao continued to explain.
"The no-man's land belongs to the Japanese and puppet troops. It is densely populated with Jaap artillery towers and strongholds, especially close to our base area. There is one stronghold every four to five kilometers on average. Everyone knows this."
"Nearly 20,000 villagers have been rescued by the two main battalions. The possibility of completely disappearing in the no-man's land is almost zero."
"If the little Japanese are determined not to let these young men fall into the hands of our Eighth Route Army, they will definitely send out planes for bombing."
"But yesterday, Japanese planes did not visit the no-man's land."
"This is my first doubt?"
"Besides, last night, when the troops and villagers crossed the blockade, all the Japanese and puppet troops were trapped in the stronghold and did not come out."
"My initial thought was: They were afraid that we would use the trick of luring the snake out of its hole to deal with them."
"Now that I think about it, this is just one of the reasons."
"The infantry dare not attack rashly for fear of falling into a trap, but the artillery can."
"The strongholds are five kilometers apart from each other. With the effective range of mortars of three kilometers, two adjacent strongholds fire together. No matter where the attacking troops cross the blockade, they will be covered by artillery fire."
"But the troops were not hit by large-scale artillery fire when they crossed the blockade last night. This is the second doubt."
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